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DECEMBER 2016 PP363372/00004
Lions International
District 201 V3 Newsletter
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“There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer”
THE LIONS PEACE PRIZE GOES TO. . .
WANTED—ZONE CHAIRMAN
Congratulations to Ebony Rose Cashin from South Gippsland
Secondary College (now called the Foster Secondary College)
sponsored by the Lions Club of Toora was judged the winner.
Eina Canceran from Cranbourne East Primary School sponsored by
Cranbourne Lions was judged second and Sarah Dekkers from
Briagolong Primary sponsored by Briagalong and Districts Lions Club
was judged third.
District Governor Anita received 14 posters from seven Lions
Clubs to judge for our district this year. We will aim for more
students and clubs participating next year.
Please make sure the conditions of entry are met precisely as
unfortunately three were disqualified: one too big, one too small
and the other had the entry sticker placed in the wrong spot on the
back of the poster.
The winning poster was sent to the National Chairman Lion Helen
Campbell who judged entries from the 19 Districts in Australia.
Congratulations to the Melbourne Chinese Lions Club from
District V1-4 for their winning entry and also to the Lions Club of
Blackburn North from V5 who received a High Commendation Award for
their entry. The National Peace Poster website should now be
updated with all Districts posters including the students’ quote on
peace.
The winning entry from Australia will be posted to the Public
Relations Department at Lions Club International for final judging
on 1 February 2017.
Next year I will email a copy of the Peace Poster Kit to all
Clubs early in the New Year with the Peace Poster theme in 2017
(the Centennial year in Lionism) so that Clubs wishing to
participate will have ample time to approach the Schools/Colleges
in their area. Students who will be 11, 12 or 13 years of age on 15
November 2017 are eligible to participate.
Any queries, please ring or email Glenda Paragreen
[email protected] or tel: 0438 044 346.
National Winner 2016. Casey, Lions Club of Melbourne Chinese.
District V1-4.
Casey’s quote: ”We can celebrate eternal peace when people from
all walks of life are treated as equals in a free and borderless
world united by humanity and compassion”
As part of each Lion’s personal development, undertaking certain
senior roles are a great way to “learn while doing” and obtain
greater experience. After a Lion has fulfilled the President role
at their Club, taking on Cabinet positions offer an opportunity for
Lions to learn more and take a fulfilling role in their District;
becoming a Zone Chairman is that next step
The position of Zone Chairman comprises three roles
simultaneously:
• The Zone Chairman is the administrative officer of the
zone
• The Zone Chairman is the committee chairman of the district
governor’s advisory committee
• The Zone Chairman is a member of the district cabinet, the GMT
and the GLT
As Zone Chairman, you will facilitate communication amongst
clubs in the zone and between the zone and the district.
How is this done?
• The role includes organizing at least four Zone Meetings each
year and then reporting the outcome of each meeting to the District
at each Cabinet Meeting.
• Another task is that you will visit each Club in your Zone at
least once during the year; you will also be required to attend
District Governor visits to each Club, where you will introduce the
DG to members.
• If Clubs in your Zone are involved in certain programs, e.g.
Youth of the Year, Children of Courage, Ride for Sight, the Zone
Chairman is expected to be involved, particularly on Youth of the
Year.
Any Lion interested in becoming a Zone Chairman should contact
their current Zone Chairman, District Governor elect, or the
District GLT Coordinator [contact details are in the Lions
Directory].
We need to continue refreshing the District with new Lions in
senior roles – new ideas, experience and energy leads to growth for
our District.
mailto:[email protected]
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“There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer”
AUSTRALIAN LIONS HEARING DOGS !
“Front Row To Go” Sound Field System.
Back in 2006, when the Lions Hearing Dog Committee investigated
the possibility of providing Sound Field Systems for Primary
Schools, they knew there was a need, but they hadn’t realized how
great the demand was going to be. They knew a Sound System would be
very beneficial in the classroom to children with reduced hearing
ability, but what surprised them was that it would also help
children suffering from some of the “Attention Deficit Disorders”,
dyslexia, mild forms of Autism, children with audio processing
disability etc.
Because of the huge number of Schools in Australia, the Lions
Hearing Dog Committee decided that for the first few years they
would limit the supply of the Sound Field Systems to only Primary
Schools, because the lessons children learn in their early years of
schooling are the important basic skills that allow them to
progress through their academic career. So to assist the Committee
with their decision they consulted with Australian Hearing and also
teaching staff who work with the deaf and hearing impaired.
At first applications for the Sound Systems were slow, but
gradually that increased and now applications arrive quite
frequently, probably as more and more Lions Clubs around Australia,
have realised and understood that this was something that the Lions
Hearing Dogs Centre was providing as a FREE service to Primary
Schools.
Four Sound Systems are available for each Lions District
Australia wide each year.
It’s almost ten years now since this program started, and these
Sound Systems have been helping Hearing Impaired children, their
classmates and teachers in ways far beyond anything the Lions
Hearing Dogs Committee could have imagined.
The Committee know from the letters received from schools
and grateful parents, that this project, has been and continues
to be, an outstanding success,. A typical parent comment is that
their son/daughter has made more progress in six months in a
classroom with a system, than in two years with no system.
There are no purchase costs to either the Schools or the Lions
Clubs.
The only Club “contribution” is to formally present the
equipment to the school on behalf of the Australian Lions Hearing
Dogs Centre.
All Primary Schools are eligible – State Primary Schools,
Catholic, Lutheran, Private Schools, Schools for Disabled Children
etc.
Please contact me for more information, and I’ll explain how you
can get this equipment for your local Primary Schools. It’s so
easy!
This is a program that all Lions can take pride in, as it gives
all children an equal opportunity to reach their highest level of
academic achievement.
Maureen Capizzi. V Districts State Co-ordinator - Australian
Lions Hearing Dogs & in conjunction with Lion Frank Grant V3
District Chairman - Australian Lions Hearing Dogs. Ph:- 03 5562
1551. Mobile:- 0400050 719. Email:- [email protected].
MORNINGTON SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTAL SCHOOL ! Mornington Lions Club
are raising money to provide a bus to take these children out for
educational and recreational trips.
Rodney Vincent is your complete entertainer . His one man show
is a feast of entertainment that caters for anyone and everyone who
enjoys a good time. It is a blend of country, comedy, old time
favourites, rock and roll and storytelling that cannot help but
make people laugh .
His standing in Australia’s entertainment scene is no accident,
it is a result of a long
hard apprenticeship that as he says “started a while ago.”
When: 7pm Saturday 25th February 2017
Where: Peninsula Parklands, 249 High Street Hastings
Cost: $25 includes light supper, BYO
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL!
Contact: Trish Kelly 0403 225 191 [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
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WELFARE REPORT
“There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer”
District Governor Anita Culpitt and the Lions family of District
201V3 pass on their sincere condolences to the families of the
following members.
District Members passed away Lions Club of Lioness Margatrret
Cahill Lakes Entrance L.M. Lion Robert (Bob) Dillow Sale Lion
Leeanne Browning Hampton Park
District Members Family passed away Lions Club of Lion Carol
Kavanagh-Father Yarram Lions Frank & Dot McGarvey -Son
Leongatha Lion Heather Spooner-Brother Toora Lions Peter &
Sylvia Berghoef-Son Toora
Our caring thoughts and get well wishes are extended to the
following members of the Lions family, whether it is they are
recovering from major surgery or a minor cold. We wish you all a
speedy recovery.
Also to members whose names that I have not received we wish you
good health and a full recovery.
Members on the Sick List Lions Club of PDG Lion Joyce Radford
Lakes Entrance Lion Clive Lee Karingal Lion Alex Ross Karingal Lion
Trish Chandler Balla Balla Lion Ted Minett Balla Balla Lion/Lioness
Wendy Keogh Cranbourne Lions Lady Joy Barnes Wonthaggi Lion Larnie
Karehana Paynesville Lion Maggie Wallis Leongatha Lion Jim Geary
Leongatha C/Member: Lion Robert Burden Leongatha L:ion Colin
Gardner Wellington Latrobe Lion Peter Feenstra Wellington
Latrobe
All Welfare matters are to be submitted to Lion Kay Freeburn
before the 20th of the month please. If I am required to send a
card, please supply the name and mailing address that the card is
to be sent to.
Thank you,
Member Welfare Chairperson 0410052988
[email protected]
I hope everyone received what they wished for from Santa and
that through your service to your community you made some other
persons Christmas a little brighter.
Please complete return No. 4 as I thought that member’s
addresses were up to date. Then low and behold I receive a batch of
Lion Magazine cover sheets returned because of incorrect addresses
recorded. Secretaries please print off your member’s details from
MyLCI and have your members check their record for necessary
changes.
Secretaries - now is the time to go to the International web
site and download from MyLCI your club statement which needs to be
paid– to the District Treasurer – this month.
Things that must also be considered this month are (1) Pay for
Christmas Cakes and Puddings at local Post Office (2) return of
deceased members and return of delegates for the Hobart Convention
(3) Club elections (4) Cake allocation
applications.
District Governor Anita has a Council Meeting to attend during
this month and all Cabinet Officers have their reports for the
January 22nd Cabinet Meeting to prepare and send by the 13th of the
month please.
Clubs which District Governor Anita will be visiting in the next
couple of months please make sure you have returned the DG Visit
Questionnaire which can be downloaded from the District web
site.
If your club has photographs or an interesting project that may
be suitable to inclusion in the Lion Magazine or in this District
Newsletter please email details to Lion Alisha Austin as she is
always looking for something to fill a page.
KEN Cabinet Secretary
FROM THE CABINET SECRETARY
This year the Lions Club of Rye celebrates the 45th year of
their annual boat raffle. Ticket sales commenced in
September and will run through to Australia Day 2017 when
the lucky winner will be drawn. The impressive Haines
Hunter 495 Profish Cuddy valued at $37,248.00 is this years
prize. Tickets can be purchased online
at ryelionsraffle.org.au with credit cards or if you are in
our
area at one of the many direct sale venue - Rosebud/Rye/
Sorrento. Or contact Secretary Bob Beard -
[email protected] for direct debit sales. Thanks for
your support in promoting our major fund raiser.
FISHERMAN ’S DREAM !
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“There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer”
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and
friends or doing not much like Dave and I did at the beach with ham
rolls and champagne. Most club visitations have been completed with
perhaps half dozen to do. These will be completed by the end of
February.
The member orientation presentation is being finalised. Each
club will receive a laminated copy. I hope that clubs will take
5-10minutes to present it to the club members at your next meeting
with a little time allocated for questions. Longer serving Lions
should be able to answer any questions that arise. This month I
will have a Council of Governors meeting to attend in Sydney. It is
a very intensive three day meeting where all matters Lions are
discussed. Any information that
Lions Clubs International wants our District and Clubs to know
is shared during this time. Reports from other Districts and
Australian Lions projects and Foundations are shared and open for
discussion at this meeting. Please remember that this month
International, Multiple District and District dues are due for
payment. Club Treasurers will be sent invoices this month. Please
remember to make cheques out to the correct title and send to the
District Treasurer Dave Culpitt 5/1A Annette Court, Hastings 3915.
I know many clubs are extremely busy out in our communities over
the summer. If you are out in the sun, be safe and use sunscreen
and drink plenty to stay hydrated. And lastly remember to have fun
while doing what we do best. Yours in Lionism,
DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S REPORT
AUSTRALIAN LIONSONOZ CENTENARY PROJECT
The year of Lions Centenary 2017 is coming up fast. Members of
Australian Lionsonoz, the very first Australian online Lions Club
(e-club), felt it was important to acknowledge the Centenary and
also their own humble beginnings and commemorate being 8 years
Chartered. Their Clubs Charter was handed over at the Melbourne
National Convention in May 2009.
This Lions Club acknowledges its beginnings and its current work
across Australia and chose to mark the Centenary with a community
project.
Chairman of the Australian Lionsonoz Centenary Project, Lion
Jeff Mott, said that Australian Lionsonoz is made up of members who
live all over Australia and on the third Monday of each month, they
come together online and report on their activities, recite the
Lions Purposes and support each other in attempts to add to the
work of
Lions all over Australia. Once a year many of the members join
with the Lions Vanners group and travel to Multiple District and
District Conventions often being very well represented.
Australian Lionsonoz has 42 members, and whilst members are on
their travels they are able to help Lions and visit Lions Clubs
wherever they happen to be.
The Lionsonoz Centenary Committee met early in 2016 at Wooli
(47km south east of Grafton, with a population of approximately
490), to ascertain what type of project would be suitable to
commemorate the Lions Clubs’ Centenary and to recognize that it was
the Wooli Lions Club that sponsored Australian Lionsonoz as a
Branch Club in 2008.
A plaque which will probably be placed on the brand new double
barbecue, which the Clarence Valley Council is installing in the
Lions Park at Wooli will be a tasteful reminder to the community of
Wooli and its visitors that a very innovative Lions Club originated
here. The official unveiling of the plaque is to coincide with the
July 201N1 Cabinet meeting in 2017, hosted by Grafton Lions Club
and to be conducted at Wooli.
Lion Warren White
Lions Lynne Mott, Yvie Kearns and Jeff Mott discuss the Lions
Centenary project with Peter Birch of the Clarence Valley
Council.
Lion Warren White of Australian Lionsonoz assists Lion Mike
Ticehurst of the Tamworth Peel Valley Lions at one of their
projects .
DID YOU KNOW???
The “man” in Chairman refers not to
gender but to the management the Chair
does for a particular project.